Chords for How to Play "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" by Willie Nelson on Guitar

_ _ Hey, everybody.
It's Julie welcome to Mahalo
I'm your guitar instructor, and I've got a great classic country tune to teach you guys today
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be Cowboys
So this was done by Willie Nelson also by Waylon Jennings and a bunch of [Ab] others
So let's get started pretty easy song.
I'm going to teach [Bb] you the first four chords that you need so you need
[D] _ _ D major _
Which is open two three and two on the D string and _ _ then [G] G major? _
_ Which is three two open open three and three and _ _ [Em] then a major?
[A] _ _ Which is open a two two two and open _ _ _ and then a seven which are going to remove that middle one
_ And play open two [Em] open two and open [Abm] and the strumming pattern is a six eight
So it's going to be down down up down up down down up down [Bb] up on each chord
Starting with [Gb] the chorus which is the Willie Nelson version starting on [D] D _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ then [G] to G _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
then [A] to a a _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ 7 then [D] to D. _ _ _ _ _
_ So with vocals sound something like this _
_ _ _ _ _ Your babies grow up [G] be G Cowboy _
_ _ then to a
_ [A] Let them pick guitars and driving old trucks a seven make them be doctors [D] and be
_ such
_ _ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to [G] be _ _ Cowboy
_ _ to a
[A] They'll never stay home, and they're always alone a seven even with someone
[D] _ See _ that's your chorus your verse pretty much the same, so let's go right into it, so D
I boys ain't easy to love and they're harder
[G] _
G _ _ _ _ _ _
then to [A] a
_ _ _ _ Long a seven the time [D] girl _ _ _
Repeat that so D _ _
Star belt buckles and old faded _ Levi's and each night begin
[G] _
Hey, _ _ _ _ and then today [A] you don't understand
_ He don't die young a seven
_ Lovely just right [D] away
_ _ _ [Bb] And then you repeat the chorus now after the second chorus
There will be a key change, so let me go through those chords, [E] so we need a
Major which is open two to one open and open _ _ and then a [A] major
_ Just like the last time _ and then we're going to [B] play B major _ _
Which you're going to bar [Bb] that first finger on the second fret and then it's four four and [B] four
_ _ [Bb] And then we are also going to come [B] and play
_ These seven which is on the a string two one two open and two
_ So same strumming pattern same form starting with e
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Clear _ [A] Mountain a
_ _ _ _ _ _ and be [B] little warm puppies and be seven girls [E] of
_ Repeat _ _ _ _ that _ then I know no
More _ like a _
_ [A] _ _ know how to say and to [B] be _ _ _ _
_ _ Be _ seven _
_ _ _ [E] E back to the chorus
Mama don't let your babies grow up to [A] be a _ _
_ _ _ _ then [B] to be
_ Doctors and others in the trucks be seven make them be doctors [E] and e
_ _ _ _ _ _ Don't let your babies grow up to be [A] a _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Be [B] they'll never stay home.
They're always alone
E7 even with someone [E]
they love
_ _ _ _ _ And there you have it you guys that [Cm] is how you play [Bb] mamas don't let your babies grow up to be Cowboys
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